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All Hands Magazine's full length documentary "Making a Sailor": This video follows four recruits through Boot Camp in the spring of 2018 who were assigned to DIV 229, an integrated division, which had PIR on 05/25/2018.
Boot Camp: Making a Sailor (Full Length Documentary - 2018)
Boot Camp: Behind the Scenes at RTC
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For parents and loved ones of deployed and deploying military personnel...Aghanistan/Iraq and any and all war zones. Please introduce yourself on the main comment page.
Members: 116
Latest Activity: Jul 14, 2020
Anderson Hall is in San Antonio, on the campus of Fort Sam Houston...the place where future corpsman will learn their trade.
"Doc" Christopher Anderson served with Marine 1/6.
(He also went to Basic and to FMTB with my son. TDM)
Corpsmen on the job in Afghanistan:
Helpful Links:
It provides access to services and resources at the national, state and local levels to support recovery, rehabilitation and community reintegration.
Absentee Voting Link Get info here on registering to vote and absentee voting.
Navy Individual Augmentee Information "IA"
Ombudsman Registry Find your sailor's unit and contact information
Seabee Info Web site Answers to many questions about deployment, etc even if your sailor is not a Seabee.
Fleet and Family Deployment Navy Facebook
Online Program Helps Military Vote Absentee
Guardian Angels for Soldiers Pets Facebook Page
Dogs on Deployment One-Stop Resource page for military members to turn to for advice and direction to all pet-related needs. They also are looking for fosters for pets whose owners are being deployed.
****Red Cross and Help for the Military, Emergency Notificaton Link to the Red Cross Military Assistance page, on the left is a list of links to important sites, including the phone numbers if you need to notify your deployed loved one of a family emergency. This note: Beginning June 13, 2011, at 8:00 a.m. EDT, all military members and their
families can use one number- 877-272-7337 (U.S. Toll Free) to send an urgent
message to a service member. The change means that all military members and
their families can use this single number to initiate an emergency communication, regardless of where they live.
Coaching Into Care works with family members or friends who become aware of their Veteran’s post-deployment difficulties—and supports their efforts to find help for the Veteran.
This is a national clinical service providing information and help to Veterans and the loved ones who are concerned about them.
Defense Center of Excellence information and help for TBI and PTS for active military, vets and their families.
After Deployment... This web site is VERY useful to service members, family and loved ones after the return of a loved one from deployment.
VAWatchdog.org Very useful links for our vets and their families.
Secondary PTSD Resource Link For families and loved ones of a soldier/sailor/Marine/airman with PTSD.
Facebook Support for OPSEC An online resource for OPSEC regs and questions concerning safety in social media web sites.
Graphic Novel Helps Corpsmen Cope with Combat-related Stress
Links to those sending packages to our deployed sailors/soldiers/marines/airmen:
Molly's Adopt A Sailor Group Join the group, or just read for ideas on what to send to your deployed kid.
Jacob's Program Another group of volunteers sending packages to our deployed folks.
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Discussion Forum
Son in Spin Boldak
Started by rysony. Last reply by rysony Mar 14, 2012. 40 Replies 0 Likes
Care Packages - lists of items, how to order priority boxes and how to fill out customs forms
Started by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom. Last reply by millon4 Oct 2, 2012. 29 Replies 1 Like
Sailors in Afghanistan with boots on the ground
Started by Ruth, Gun's Mom. Last reply by TexasDocMom Sep 18, 2010. 18 Replies 0 Likes
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Comment by JerseySusan on July 2, 2013 at 8:55am
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Just wanted to announce, our oldest son returned home from his 7th month deployment of being Under the Sea yesterday!! Even though his sub hasn't officially pulled into their home base, he was able to take a flight home from their last port and "Surprise" his fiancé as they have a wedding planned for next week. I finally took our Yellow Ribbon down from being up on our tree since our youngest left for Afg. last Sept-March. I kept it up there until our oldest came back from Dec.-July. It's a great feeling having them both U.S. bound.
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My M-in-L always talks about how my F-in-L never talked about WWII. He was the second wave to storm the beaches & fought in the Battle of the Buldge. He received a couple of medals, one being a Bronze Star. It wasn't until after he passed away 13 years ago, that his brothers told the family he actually received two Bronze Stars. The second one he threw in the river back home b/c looking at it reminded him of the reason why he rec'd it, & he didn't want to be reminded of that particular battle.
My M-in-L will be 91 in 2 more days. Our youngest son lives in the same area as she does, and she has been the rock that has helped me deal with the set of emotions we went through when he came back. He is scheduled to do another tour come January, and I pray & hope she will still be around mainly for him, as he loves and looks up to his grandmother so very much.
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Comment by TexasDocMom on June 30, 2013 at 12:21am
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It does make perfect sense. One of my son's first phone calls home from Iraq he told me he saw a change in his Marines who had other deployed before from the moment they hit the sand. He told me that PTSD was real, and that they were being told (this was in 08) that they would never get jobs, yada yada if they told anyone about it, etc. He told me "Mom, get those Navy moms on the phone to their congressmen, this has to stop." He always thought it was amusing that I got so activist but not anymore. He is very focused and still available to his Marines and others who might have issues with PTS. Of course, he says he's fine...and I'm a mom, I worry. I'm very thankful that the attitude towards PTS has changed and is changing, and that our young warriors are getting the opportunity to get help if they want it.
ktssong, I think it is a very good sign your son is talking...I remember so many of my friends' dads who never spoke about WWII or Korea. Many of my own friends who are Vietnam vets are now getting treatment for PTSD, after holding it in or turning to a bottle or drugs all these years.
There is a link up there above the discussion post about secondary PTS, take some time to read it. I think all of us have it at some level. Worry is what we do best, isn't it?
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Comment by ktssong on June 30, 2013 at 12:19am
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PS KathyProudCorpsmanmom thank you for sharing the "Deployment Blues" post. It is so true. I saved it to my computer because deployment is coming soon for our family again. I'm feeling slight anticipation of those blues approaching and I can't stop it but that's because we love them. Also TexasDocmom, I did save to my favorites the "Free Banner" page too. That will come in handy and I especially say to Malamama that I'm happy for you that your son is coming out. God Bless and may all go great in his job search and his civilian life. I look forward to those days too. I'm proud of my son for serving but I feel a stress in our life that just doesn't lift. I work two jobs and tonight I was at my second job and had to take my patient to a social event. It was a three hour movie about world war I. I am not the same now as I was growing up. I used to be able to watch every war show with my dad (he was Navy) and not tear up. Now I get a lump in my throat and I tear up in just movies about families waiting for loved ones. loses,and waiting and crying. I thought I needed medical assistance myself even though I was there to assist my patient. It was a rough night on my emotions. Oh well, just checked in and love all of you.
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Second deployment coming soon for my son. He is not returning to the sandbox. Quite the opposite. He and his wife are on a little vacation right now before he leaves and I'm on my way down to see him in a week and half to say my goodbyes and spend some mom/son time before he goes. My daughter in law texted me and said he has gotten emotional on this vacation and started opening up more about his experience in sandbox. I wondered if this is normal for them to start getting really emotional before a deployment because of all the emotions they are still getting through from the last one. I mean, do they tend to start feeling like us maybe we need to get some of what we held in because of our fears of upsetting each other and not wanting each other to know that we were scared, do they tend to tell it now so they can start fresh on new deployemnt. Seems it would be healthy to be doing. I'm finding myself being typical mom......wondering if he is concerned whether he is completely back to full self before this sandbox experience. Does this make sense?
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Thanks for that "Inspiring Story" TexasDoc. As I kept reading the article, it turns out the Corpsman was a Native of Washington Twp NJ which is the very next town over from where we lived as our kids were growing up. Our children know many kids from that town. I posted it on my FB, hoping someone may recognize him.
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Corpsman and an Afghan Soldier Be proud moms...
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Kathy...I got a cheap small photo album at the Dollar Store, filled it with photos of home and family and dogs....and my son still has the darn thing. Carried it everywhere, fit in his pocket. Glad you got a good visit, sleep well tonight, mom....
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So Happy for you Kathy. Prayers to All.
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Kathy! great day! thanks for sharing. I used to watch myspace to see if my son logged in that day....I'd keep my myspace full of home photos and videos....the next year we were over on FB.
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